is spiralling out of control. >> it's very clear its experiment in democracy that started about two years ago with a lot of euphoria is dead. >> as president obama breaks his silence, does egypt really care what washington thinks? i'm brooke baldwin. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com a trainer murdered in the middle of a class. why his past may provide clues. plus, coffee's wake-up call. a new study shows how the brew could be deadly. and a paralympic committee tells a swimmer she can't compete because she's not disabled enough. we're on the case. and here we go. good to see you. i'm brooke baldwin. want to begin with the biggest story in the world right now. egypt.

and as more blood spills on to the streets of egypt, the relationship between the united states and egypt's military government is on rocky ground. tethered by a $1.3 billion aid package. and just one word has the power to pull the plug on this u.s. cash flow to egypt. that one word is "coup." if the world is used for president mohamed morsi's dismissal, that would be this automatic trigger. it would force the u.s. to cut all foreign aid. and just this morning, president obama made a decision. >> while we want to sustain our relationship with egypt, our traditional cooperation cannot continue as usual when civilians are being killed in the streets and rights are being rolled back. as a result, this morning we notified the egyptian government that we are canceling our biannual joint military exercise which was scheduled for next

month. going forward i've asked my national security team to assess the implications of the actions taken by the interim government and further steps that we may take as necessary with respect to the u.s./egyptian relationship. >> you heard the news from the president. canceling these joint military exercises, but keeping that cash flow, at least for now. before we get into the potential fallout for the u.s., i want to just talk about what started all of this. of course, the escalating violence happening right now in egypt. and just a warning, some of the pictures we are going to show you here are graphic. let me go straight to arwa damon, cnn senior international correspondent, who is live there in cairo. arwa, let's just begin with the sheer numbers as they obviously continue to rise. you have more than 500 dead. more than 3,000 injured. state of emergency declared. tell me how quiet things are on the street? what's the situation at this hour? >> reporter: you also have a curfew that's been put into place that was changed.

it was 7:00 p.m. yesterday. now it's at 9:00 p.m. but really all day and even now at night, cairo's streets are oddly quiet when you would compare it to what should have been a normal day here. that casualty count is really quite staggering. this is among the bloodiest days of egypt's recent history. the country's still reeling from what took place yesterday, where not only did we see the security forces moving in to clear out those two main demonstration sites, but also dealing with numerous flare-ups. not just here in the capital, but throughout the entire country. we've also seen a number of police stations being attacked by angry morsi supporters. government buildings as well. the ministry of interior announcing that it had given its troops orders to use lethal force should anyone want to try to target the security forces or any other government institutions. and we have also had at least 30 churches being attacked throughout the entire country by angry mobs. going in, looting, and then

torching them, brooke. >> arwa damon for us in cairo. as we mentioned, the president speaking today. he says further action can be taken. of course, in the coming days if the violence that arwa's reporting on continues there in cairo. really beyond. and there are really three options on the table here for the united states. first, we mentioned this word "coup." if we call it a coup, that would automatly trigg lically trigger cutting off that aid. call it a coup and issue a national security waiver to allow aid to continue. three, don't call it a coup, keep the money in place. cnn senior international correspondent ivan watson along with spider marks. ivan, i know you have done so much reporting through all of this, really. in cairo, when you look at the three options, which could have the most detrimental impact for the united states? >> reporter: well, i guess if you call it a coup, as it is, i

believe, and cut off the aid, then you've lost substantial leverage with the generals that look to be very much ruling egypt right now. on the other hand, they made it very clear with their actions in the last 24 hours by sending in the security forces, knowing full well that there would be substantial loss of life, that they really don't care what washington thinks or says. that it was more important for them to crush these encampments, which i visited. i never saw weapons there beyond baseball bats and kind of makeshift weapons, basically, for them to protect themselves, the muslim brotherhood demonstrator. but i think that's the message we're very much getting from the junta in cairo. they don't care what their u.s. ally says. >> what about ivan's point that they don't care. let's take the aid off the table and go specifically to what the

president said today. bright star, this joint military exercise, goes back to the 1980s. canceled. does egypt care? is this a big deal for them? >> well, frankly, i think the united states clearly has lost influence not only in the region, but elsewhere. i don't know how many people really care about what we say. now, we spend a lot of time parsing words that come from the administration. and certainly ourselves as well. it's more important what we do. i think the president was wise to cancel bright star. it's entirely too complicated right now. the focus in egypt has to be on trying to achieve some stability. and what we can do as a nation and as a member of the united nations to try to help facilitate that and the conduct of an exercise right now that, as you've indicated, has been in place for over three decades, probably is a good decision not to have that thing go off next month. which it has been almost uninterrupted for the last 30 years. >> ivan, let me take you back to the money issue. because, as you know, we all know the u.s. hands over a lot

in foreign aid. egypt is our top five. our contribution when you really sort of look at how other contributions stack up, you see on the screen it's a fraction in comparison to the $10 billion to $15 billion in aid egypt gets from other countries in the region. really my question to you is, how much does the united states really need to continue? how much does the united states really need egypt as a friend? as part of the bigger picture in the region. >> reporter: of course, egypt has long been a pillar of u.s. middle eastern foreign policy. it's a neighbor of israel. of course, a very important american ally in the region. the question of the actual money, i think if the u.s. wanted to influence events and make it clear to the ruling generals that this kind of behavior is not tolerable, it should try to adopt some kind of multilateral approach. you can't do it unilaterally. but the one point, whatever billion dollars that the u.s. has been given annually to egypt

is a drop in the bucket compared to the amount that the gulf arab states, who happen to be close american allies as well, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, qatar, it's a drop in the bucket compared to what they have offered, money that they've shovelled to the government in cairo in just the last six weeks. so if the u.s. wants to be heard, probably a good way to do that would be to convince close allies like saudi arabia and qatar and the uae to maybe not hand over more than $10 billion in aid in just six weeks to the government in cairo. >> general, given what ivan said, given our friendship with egypt, given the strategical, geographic importance of this country, what if the u.s. and egypt cut off ties altogether? what would happen then? >> if we did that, here's the likely scenario. you have a radical shia iran to the east. you've got a radical sunni egypt to the west. you've got israel right in the middle. the u.s. has very little -- at

that point very little influence it can wield to try to alter the balance. i mean, it's a horrible outcome. it's terrible what's taking place in egypt right now. if we don't spend the time and money right now, the costs down the road will be exceptionally high. >> ivan watson, general spider marks, guys, thank you very much. to san diego. mayor bob filner, as you know, been staying out of the spotlight. but women who claim he sexually harassed them continue to come out of the woodwork. so today there is now a great grandmother, a senior citizen who works at city hall. she claims filner made, and i'm quoting her, continuous inappropriate sexual advances. at least 14 other women have made similar claims against him. and in another troubling development for this mayor, a memo from the san diego city attorney says the mayor can be legally removed from office if it's discovered he allowed

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the sentinel reports just last october he survived a shooting when three bullets hit his car. joining me now, a reporter for the orlando sentinel. you wrote about this. desiree, the obvious question is why? i know police are working on finding that answer through the investigation. in the meantime, tell me about richard milsap. what kind of guy was he? >> like you said, he was married. he had two children. a 7-year-old daughter and a 2-year-old son. he opened up his crossfit gym a few months ago in march. and according to the people, the friends that i've spoken to and the pastor of his church, he -- he was very passionate about crossfit, the lifestyle as well as the church. in fact, he named his business after the church he went to, the mosaic church in oakland, florida, just garden. >> take me back to this class on monday. what exactly happened? >> well, it was about 6:45. and they were in the middle of class. there were eight students plus

richard milsap. the gym is inside of a warehouse district in winter garden. it's far off of the main -- maybe five or so minutes off of the main road. and it's one of the places where you only go there if that's exactly where you're headed. you don't just stumble across this place. >> got you. >> and in the middle of class, according to the police and the reports, a gunman walked in with a hat and sunglasses, passed other people who were in the gym, and opened fire. and then ran away. one person in the class did try to chase him down. but the suspect had a getaway car waiting, and he fled. >> here's, again, the suspect's sketch. take a good, long look at this. there is something, desiree, you dug up on milsap's past. he beat someone up at a pizza place in april of last year. and then october someone tried to kill him. who do police think might have it in for him? >> at this point, police have

told us that they don't know. they're hoping that they can get some sort of tip from the community. he was arrested in april of 2011 for a fight that happened in a pizza place near the downtown bars. it was a pretty relatively minor arrest. he was arrested on aggravated battery charges, but those were lowered to misdemeanor battery charges. he was sentenced to a year probation. he didn't do any serious jail time for that. and the shooting that happened in october was very strange. he was leaving a park after a basketball game. and he said that he saw a car that seemed to be following him. and then all of a sudden the car pulled up next to him. they put the window down. he saw two people that he didn't recognize inside. and one of them started to shoot. three bullets hit his car. thankfully he wasn't injured in that shooting. he told the cops he had no idea who it could be. >> are police connecting any of this or looking into what happened at the pizza place?

>> at this point, the police are not connecting any of these incidents to this shooting on monday. or at least not publicly, anyway. of course, they're conducting an investigation, and i'm sure they'll look into both of those cases as well. but at this point, this monday's shooting seems to be unrelated. >> desiree stennett, orlando sentinel. we'll be following your reporting in the paper. thank you very much for coming on. >> thank you. coming up, can facebook make you sad? a new study says that logging on to the social network could make you depressed. something else that maybe makes you sad as i'm looking over at big board, down about 230 points right now. closing bell hits in about an hour and forty from now. we'll tell you what's going on. back after this.

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big selloff on wall street today. the dow is trading lower by more than 200 points at this hour. investors have a lot of disappointment because of some of these headlines they're sorting through. alison kosik is live at the new york stock exchange. alison, what's going on?

>> you know what, brooke, it's a perfect storm of disappointing news. earnings from two big companies blaming the economy for a tough business environment. tech company cisco announcing its cutting 4,000 jobs to save money. the other company, walmart announcing its not only cutting its earnings outlook but also its sales outlook because of what these companies are calling a challenging economy. that's what's got all the major averages selling off with the dow losing 219 points. all 30 stocks traded on the dow are in the red. if this sticks, this could be the biggest selloff of the year. actually, the third biggest selloff of the year, brooke. >> okay. now to the story, facebook. why is facebook making people sad? do tell. >> you know what's funny? i know you're on facebook. you probably tool around and look at it. most people only put the positive stuff on their page. >> you're like your best self on facebook. >> no one's going to put, oh, i'm all alone on this friday night. you're not going to put that on there. >> some people do. >> more power to them.

they've got guts. here's the thing. there's a study that shows when you see your facebook friends' wonderful lives, it actually makes you sad. researchers at the university of michigan found that the more people check facebook, the worse they feel about their own lives. because people compare their lives to others. and they wind up feeling inferior. the study showed the more people looked at facebook over a two-week period, the more their life satisfaction went down. but, hey, here's a novel idea. face to face interaction. face to face interaction the study found made people feel better. >> you're talking about talking to people? like face to face? >> yeah. that made people feel better. even bigger, there's an even bigger study out of utah. it also found correlations between facebook and these negative feelings. so, you know, i guess sometimes you can only take so much of looking at your friends' fabulous vacations before it really kind of gets to you if you're not going on great, fabulous vacations. that's the moral of the story.

>> alison kosik, i like face to face chatting at well. >> me, too. >> thank you very much. coming up, we're back on the biggest story in the world, of course, egypt. the military-led government cracking down on protesters. hundreds of people are dead. and the images we're seeing out of -- really it's not just cairo. it's beyond cairo. it's tough to look at. there's a question. where is mohamed morsi, the ousted leader? stay right here. la's known definitely for its traffic, congestion, for it's smog. but there are a lot of people that do ride the bus. and now that the busses are running on natural gas, they don't throw out as much pollution to the earth. so i feel good. i feel like i'm doing my part to help out the environment.

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deceased mother and brother who were killed during hannah's kidnapping. she wrote this, my two beautiful angels. she also dedicated a post to them on a piece of paper reading, quote, in the clouds i'll meet you again. meanwhile, graphic new details are emerging about her mother and her brother's murders. so court documents show, family friend james dimaggio tortured hannah's mother and 8-year-old brother before killing them. the mother's body was found in the garage covered with a tarp. a crowbar near her head. also according to these court documents, dimaggio and hannah exchanged 13 phone calls that day before their phones went silent. dimaggio was later killed by fbi agents who rescued hannah. egypt's hope for democracy is slipping away. vanishing in the time it takes to pull a trigger. cairo today looks more like a

battlefield than the capital of this prosperous nation. the numbers are staggering. 525 dead. more than 3,700 wounded. and the dread hangs over the entire nation, wondering what's next. for more i want to bring in karim hagog in washington, d.c. mr. hagog, welcome to you are. you are a visiting professor at the near east south asia center for strategic studies and an egyptian diplomat on leave from the foreign ministry, mr. hagog, the muslim brotherhood says it won'ts glorious revolution, their words. the military won't back down either. are we perhaps looking at a civil war, sir? >> no. i think the dynamics of what we're seeing at cairo look a bit different. the problem with the muslim brotherhood, their confrontation is not with the government or even with the military. their problem is that their

confrontation is with the broad center of egyptian society that has risen up to thoroughly repudiate their hard line ideology. and we've seen this. on june 30th we saw what was probably the largest political demonstration in recent history with up to 17 million egyptians demonstrating on the streets against the muslim brotherhood. so if the brotherhood continues on this path, they will be the biggest losers, unfortunately. >> from the military perspective, we've been talking a lot about this aid that the u.s. gives egypt. some $1.3 billion. how much does the threat to possibly pull u.s. aid really matter to egypt? >> well, obviously i think whatever difficult decisions the government has to take, they will take them for purely egyptian considerations. that being said, however, this is a very important relationship between the united states and egypt. a very strategic one that has

benefited the national interests of both countries. but i think what was important in the announcement that we heard from president obama this morning was not so much about any threats implicit or explicit, but his desire really to capture the nuance and complexity of the situation. he did say, he did have very strong concerns about the violence. but at the same time, he clearly mentioned the fact that the muslim brotherhood governed in the very exclusionary fashion. that compromised their legitimacy. >> shouldn't the military in egypt carry some of the blame here? >> well, i think this -- the decision that we've seen the government take was not the military's decision yesterday to break up the sit-ins. this was a very difficult decision by the interim government. to deal with what really was an intolerable situation. we've seen reports that have since been validated about arms being stacked in the sit-ins.

we've seen instances of torture documented by amnesty international that was going on in the sit-ins. then after that we've seen repeated attacks on churches, police stations and ordinary egyptians that involved heavy gunfire and oftentimes rpgs. so we were not looking at a peaceful demonstration. this was a very difficult situation that any government that wants to preserve its credibility really would not tolerate. >> it's difficult, i think, if you were to be on the ground in cairo and beyond to really sort of sort through the real story, what's really happening. not just among who seem to be peaceful protesters, but among the military, among perhaps members of the muslim brotherhood as well. but the bottom line is, we see the carnage. we see the blood running through the streets. i do want to ask you, because this has sort of mystified many people, you worked for mohamed morsi. do you have any idea where he is, and do you think he's safe? >> well, the government has not

disclosed his location. he is being held in detention by a court order. because former president morsi is under investigation for. >> reporter: seriovery serious s of incitement of violence. recent international visitors have been permitted to visit the former president. they've attested to the fact that he's being treated with respect and in accordance with the law. >> hmm. careen haggag, thank you so much, sir, for joining me. i appreciate it. >> thank you. coming up, potential first for pro wrestling. a wwe wrestler makes an important and surprising announcement. he's guy. you will hear how people are responding to this one, next. right now, 7 years of music is being streamed. a quarter million tweeters are tweeting. and 900 million dollars are changing hands online. that's why hp built a new kind of server. one that's 80% smaller. uses 89% less energy. and costs 77% less. it's called hp moonshot.

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going to flip the bags around and pay attention to the website and said information? >> i think once they ravishly consume the goodies and satisfy their hunger, that some are probably going to be curious as anyone else is to see what's written on those bags, what the messaging is. >> what's your take on the new laws regarding selling? >> i've been involved with this for 22 years with seattle hempfest. when you are a protest reform event, seen this kind of historic victory with two states voting, it's a potential game changer. we're pretty excited. it's pretty big. >> vivian mcpeak, seattle hempfest. do not forget to catch dr. sanjay gupta's report on marijuana. you have to see this. set the dvr. the report everyone has been talking about. called simply "weed." you can watch it tomorrow night 9:00 p.m. eastern. do not miss it.

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new developments today in the case of a 19-year-old woman who faces 15 years in prison if convicted for having sex with a 14-year-old girl. florida prosecutors are waiting for katelyn hunt to accept a new plea deal that would keep her out of jail and keep her from having to register as a sex offender. keep in mind, this is the second plea deal they have offered before going to trial. but it still includes a felony charge. according to our affiliate wptv, hunt's mother says if the state would offer the plea deal without the felony, she would 100% advice kate to take it. hunt who was 18 at the time when she was charged, says her relationship with the girl was consensual. let's talk about this with former prosecutor monica lindstrom. legal analyst lisa blum. ladies, welcome. lisa, first to you. what do you think of hunt's mother's advice? no deal with the felony charge in there? >> she's hanging tough on behalf

of her daughter. good for her. if they go to trial and she loses, and she probably will lose. as you say she's facing up to 15 years in prison. you don't really want to play russian roulette with this young girl's life. the problem with this case is if she were male, if she were an 18-year-old male who had, quote, unquote, consensual sex with a 14-year-old girl she'd be facing the same penalties. we have sympathy for her because it's a female on female relationship, but the law is blind as to gender. >> do you agree? we were sitting around our morning meeting saying the same thing. if it was male/female versus female/female. monica, do you agree? >> i think lisa is absolutely right. if this was a male,s of 18, now 19 with a 14-year-old girl, the plea agreement would be way worse than what they're offering right now. and i can understand that the mom wants to be strong for her daughter. but based on what i've seen so far, it would be a huge mistake to not accept this. because let's just say she gets convicted and she has to register as a sex offender.

that can prevent her from ever adopting a child in the future. ever having a child. perhaps even taking her child to school. there are a lot of ramifications that they really have to think about. this is a really good offer, i think. >> you can understand, i guess, if you try to put yourself in her shoes. this now 19-year-old. basically accepting a plea deal is admitting guilt, correct? if she is saying this was a consensual relationship, i'm not pleaing, how do you advise her, lisa? >> well, the problem is the law. right? the law is just ridiculously tough against this young woman. >> oh, the law. >> right? to say a young woman who is 18 years old who had a consensual sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl should face 15 years in prison, this is the whole problem with mass incarceration in this country. we have prison sentences that are way out of line with the proportionalty of what happened here. i personally think 18-year-olds should face some legal sanction for having quote, unquote, consensual sex with 14-year-olds. but not 15 years in jail. that's just ridiculous. >> monica, what do you think of

the prosecution lessening the charges after promising to fight for conviction? >> it's appropriate. when you're a prosecutor and you have to come up with a plea agreement or a plea offer, you have to think about the victim, the defendant, the deterrence factor and office policies. it's very appropriate. like lisa said, 15 years is just ridiculous. then again, if this was a man people would be screaming for closer to that 15 years than probation and able to erase it off of her record. that's another thing, brooke. this plea gives her the opportunity to erase this off her record down the road. that's significant. >> this is all just according to our affiliate that she rejected this second plea deal. lisa blum, monica lindstrom, thank you both very much. on the case today. coming up next, new video just into us here at cnn of a woman giving birth on the hospital floor. it couldn't wait. wait until you hear who came to the rescue. the great outdoors, and a great deal.

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facing several charges. amazingly, this little one wasn't hurt. he is now home with mom. in kansas, heavy rain this week has turned parts of wichita into a swamp. some places saw up to an inch and a half of rain in just half an hour. it has made commuting a soggy mess. forecasters say more storms with damaging wind and hail are possible today. and the fda taking a closer look at the safety of sleep aids. specifically whether people can shake off the effects the next morning. you know that groggy feeling? researchers are worried those drugs may affect people's ability to drive. doctors wrote close to 60 million prescriptions for sleep aids last year according to the research firm ims health. a sports announcer steps out from behind the microphone to show that people who have disabilities can do almost anything. our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta introduces us to jason banetti in this week's "human factor."

>> reporter: it's wednesday night at the ballpark in syracuse, new york. and the syracuse chiefs, they're taking a beating from the scranton wilksbury well riders. jason banetti is up in the press box. he's calling the game. banetti has been the voice of the chiefs for four years and he has a loyal following. though few would recognize him off the field. when they do meet him, they're usually surprised. >> i like that people are surprised. >> reporter: benetti has a mild form of cerebral palsy. it causes him to walk with a slight limp. he's had it since he was a toddler and lived with the stares and glares of being different. it's also why we thinks he initially gravitated toward radio work. >> of course i wanted to do it because i was not on camera. >> reporter: benetti learned that meeting people in person gave him strength. he's wicked smart. a journalism degree from syracuse university and a law degree from wake forest. he now realizes his condition is something to be proud of. not something to hide.

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>> reporter: for benetti he'd have it no other way. dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting. hundreds are dead. there's no leader. and quickly egypt, a u.s. ally, is spiralling out of control. >> it's very clear that this experiment in democracy that started about two years ago with a lot of euphoria is dead. as president obama breaks his silence, does egypt really care what washington thinks? i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. a doctor thames his patients, you have cancer. and sends them for chemo. turns out they weren't sick. >> when your doctor tells you that's what's going to cure your cancer, you don't argue. >> wait till you hear about this alleged scam. plus, coffee's wake-up call. a new study shows how the brew could be deadly. and a paralympic committee

tells a swimmer she can't swim because she's not disabled enough. enough. we're on the case. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hour two. here we go. thanks for staying with me. i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn here. one of the questions everyone's asking today, is the u.s. on the verge of losing one of our biggest allies in the middle east? egypt. the bloodshed continues. the death toll surpassed 500 yesterday, and more than 3,000 wounded. today, with the future of our $1.3 billion aid package in question, the u.s. responded. >> while we want to sustain our relationship with egypt, our traditional cooperation cannot continue as usual when civilians are being killed in the streets and rights are being rolled back. as a result, this morning we notified the egyptian government that we are canceling our

biannual joint military exercise which was scheduled for next month. going forward, i've asked my national security team to assess the implications of the actions taken by the interim government and further steps that we may take as necessary with respect to the u.s./egyptian relationship. >> so you heard the president in the news there. bright star. that's the name of the joint military exercise. this goes back decades. that's been canceled. but the aid continues as the u.s. reviews its funding. as we continue talking egypt here, i just have to warn you, some of the pictures are extremely graphic, but it's all part of the story that is unfolding on the streets of cairo and beyond. we have arwa damon. she is our senior international correspondent joining me live from cairo. also john king, chief national correspondent. and sahara xes. welcome to all of you. arwa, you're in egypt. i want to begin with you. as we know, it's quieter today. you've reported on these curfews

as well. but egyptian state television is reporting threats from police that they will open fire. do you know under what circumstances they would actually use live ammunition? >> reporter: well, they've used it already as is clear from that devastating death toll that left people reeling today. the images of people over the bodies of their loved ones, their relatives, have truly been absolutely heartbreaking. that particular warning you're referring to, that comes after a number of government buildings, police stations were attacked by angry morsi supporters. many of them were torched. the government then coming out and saying that if terrorists, as they are calling them, do try to attack any government institutions, security forces, its forces are authorized to then use lethal force to respond to that threat. this is a conflict that has not only seen the security forces go

in and use violence to clear those two main demonstration sites, devastating the country, but one that has also seen the ripple effect of all that when we have government buildings, police stations coming under attack. but also another disturbing aspect of all of this, brooke. we've seen at least 30 churches being attacked in a span of 24 hours. now we're hearing about reports of more attacks on churches as well. >> and as arwa's reporting, what's happening there on the ground in cairo, sahar, you were just there. you just returned from egypt. you go every year. you wrote in a cnn op-ed that egyptians are 90% muslim, 10% coptic christians. yet you say most want a secular government. looking at all of this, listening to arwa's reporting, what will it take for egypt to get there? >> well, i think right now egypt is more polarized than i've ever seen it. and i remember on july 3rd and

the days leading up to it how i would sit in my large family gathering and notice that everybody disagreed. there was no -- nobody had the same perspective. and there were many different people who thought they supported what was happening on july 3rd and others who completely disagreed with it. so i think the first thing that egyptians have to do is overcome this very deep polarization that, if it's not resolved, is going to result in more violence, more bloodshed. unfortunately a continued military run country. >> to remind the viewers, july 3rd and the runup, of course, that was the ousting of mohamed morsi. john king, to you in washington. sahar, i'm going to get back to you. the state department says it is now reviewing that aid. the $1.3 billion the u.s. gives to egypt each and every year. we heard the president today. he's canceling the joint military exercises. my question to you is, how much is egypt really listening to washington? how much do they really care? >> well, brooke, that is the golden question at the moment. when it comes to this question,

does the united states have any influence, is there anything the president can do? the administration had hoped after the ouster of the morsi government, one of the reason it refuses to even use the word "coup." though you had a military throwout of a democratically elected president, what else do you want to call it, was that it didn't trip the legal wire that would have forced it to cut out the aid. it views the aid as the leverage. it also concedes privately it has very little leverage over the interim government at this time. they believe that little bit would be sacrificed even more if they did suspend the aid. by going public today, the day after the secretary of state, the president of the united states is trying to put his stamp out here, saying please dial it back. but, look, it's just clear from recent days, it's not like there's a receptive audience there. they do hope because of the history of the military exercises, you have generals who can call generals and colonels who can call colonels. that has been historically what they tell you.

when you ask today where's the proof it works, where's the proof you have influence, you mostly get silence? >> sahar, as you talk about this sort of unprecedented polarized environment there, i just have to ask you just more on a personal note. you're a mother. you go back every year. how do you explain to your children, and how would you like to ultimately explain to your children what egypt is? >> well, i think that's an excellent point. because my children were with me when i was there this past month. and they were also with me when i was protesting in front of the white house in opposition to mubarak and in support of the january 25th revolution. and so these last two or three years have been a very good lesson for them in democracy. and when we were in egypt, they immediately noted the presence of soldiers right after july 3rd. and they asked me, why are there all of these men with guns everywhere? when i explained to them what had happened, my 9-year-old daughter asked me curiously, i don't understand. i thought morsi got elected.

how can they just get rid of him? i thought if you get elected you get to stay until the next elections. i think it is a very sad day for many of us, whether we live in egypt or whether we live outside of egypt in terms of what the future holds, particularly for democracy in egypt. and how it will be able to have elections in the future that people will trust. that will be legitimate. that people can go to the ballot box and believe that their voices will be respected and that if for any reason the person that they elect fails, that the way you get rid of him is through advocacy, through informing the public and through campaigning and defeating him in the next election. >> sahar aziz, john king. my thanks. of course, arwa damon. more on the crisis in egypt throughout the hour. we'll talk to a man here in studio 7, grew up in egypt. attended one of the church.

you heard arwa talking about the multitude of churches burned to the ground. we'll talk to him live in about 20 minutes from now. here at home, ntsb officials have recovered the data recorders from the deadly u.p.s. cargo jet crash in birmingham, alabama. these are pictures. these are new pictures just into us here at cnn showing the aftermath. showing them going through piece by piece. an official says the recorders are so badly damaged, but they're hopeful the devices contain useful information that will solve the mystery of why this plane crashed. >> initial information that we have, sub yekt ject to verifica is that there was no distress call from the pilots. >> the only two people onboard, the pilot and co-pilot, were killed in the crash yesterday. in san diego, mayor bob filner has been staying out of sight.

but women who claim he sexually harassed them continue to speak. now it is a great-grandmother. a senior citizen who works at city hall. another troubling development here for mayor filner, a memo from the san diego city attorney says there is a way to remove the mayor without a recall. cnn's kyung lah joins me from san diego. kyung, before we get to this latest person coming forward with these allegations, let's talk about this memo. because how can the city remove this mayor without getting voters involved? >> reporter: according to this memo that we obtained from the city attorney, it's basically another way. they figured out a work around, essentially, using a little known section of the city charter. the city charter being the constitution of the city. this deals with unauthorized payments of city money. taxpayer money. in this case, when we're dealing with bob filner, it's the use of the credit card. cnn earlier this week reported on some unusual expenses on his

card at a local hotel. a hotel right next door to city hall. the city attorney says that these are, indeed, personal expenses paid by the city. the card has since been canceled. and at this point we're not talking about a lot of money. but enough, says the city attorney, that under this section of the city charter, that if the city council approves it, they can go to a judge and see if they can expedite another route to try to get bob filner out of office, brooke. >> a possible work around. secondly, just tell me about this woman, this great-grandmother who's now come out with her accusations. >> reporter: the reason why i'm not joining you live on television is because we're scrambling to a hotel. in a little less than an hour we're expecting to hear from this woman here in san diego. she is a great-grandmother. she is a senior citizen who works at the senior citizen services desk. and what she is alleging is continuous inappropriate sexual advances by the mayor. we don't have the details yet.

we're expecting to learn much more when she speaks. we've heard of a lot of women coming forward. i've heard a lot of teales, a lt of whispers here in san diego. a great-grandmother? this is the first time we're hearing from someone who's reaching this age, a senior citizen. brooke, we're very anxious to hear what she has to say. >> appreciate the scramble, appreciate you jumping on the phone with me. thank you very much in san diego. now to coffee. many of us need that cup of coffee or two or four to get started each and every day. a new study suggests too much coffee on a daily basis can actually shorten your life. cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen explains how much is too much. hey, elizabeth. >> brooke, more than four cups of coffee a day may be bad to you, according to this new study out from the mayo clinic. they said the people who drank that much coffee were more likely to die during the course of the study. if you're looking at people

under the age of 55, they were about 50% more likely to die. these are four eight-ounce cups of coffee. not the big venti cups so many people are drinking these days. what does this study mean for coffee drinkers? there are plenty of studies out there showing coffee is good for you. this is just one study. it may not actually be the coffee that was the problem. it may be the coffee drinkers also tend to eat lots of unhealthy foods. who knows. bottom line, according to the study author, is that if you really want to play it safe, what you can do is just drink fewer than four cups of coffee a day. brooke? >> okay. i'm two and done in the morning. elizabeth cohen, thank you very much for that. coming up next, this unbelievable story. this doctor diagnosises his patients with cancer. sends them through chemotherapy. thing is, some of these patients don't have answer. allegations have millions of dollars in fraud. that is coming up. new video just into us here at cnn of a woman, look at this, giving birth on the hospital floor. this little baby couldn't wait.

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all right. given everything we have been saying and showing you with regard to what's happening in cairo, in egypt, in case this wasn't obvious, there is now a warning from the state department. let me just read this to you. quote, the u.s. department of state warns u.s. citizens to

defer travel to egypt and u.s. citizens living in egypt to depart at this time because of a continuing political and social unrest. this travel warning supersedes the travel warning issued back on july 3rd. from the u.s. department of state. now to this story. imagine you go to the doctor. doctor tells you you have cancer. gives you chemotherapy. turns out you never had cancer to begin with. this is a case of multimillion dollar medicare fraud. this doctor in the detroit area is accused of not just overbilling, but overdosing his patients to get more money. more than $35 million in total here. federal criminal complaint against dr. farid fata says he also gave cancer treatments to patients who didn't have cancer. gave chemotherapy to patients in remission or on their death beds. and used foreign doctors with questionable certifications to be able to see 50 to 70 patients a day.

still some of his patients stand by the doctor. >> if it were not for fata, i wouldn't be here right thousand. i got to see my grandbaby. and i love him and i think this is a witch hunt. >> a judge has ruled that dr. fata must provide a $9 million bond to get out of federal custody. 9 million. a lot of expecting mothers hope their labor will be brief. but there's short and then there's too short. adriana hopkins from our affiliate has the story of this woman who gave birth before anyone was ready. well, anyone but the baby. >> she's so beautiful. >> reporter: she is just so sweet. and a little impatient. not that anyone is complaining. mommy suzanne na privara delivered the 6 pound, 8 ounce diane in about 30 minutes or so. in a hospital, yes. just not the delivery room. take a look. this bundle of joy was born in

the lobby of jackson community hospital south. >> this is more quick. >> reporter: she doesn't remember much of what happened but felt two small pains at home. took a shower. then came to the hospital. and her labor went from zero to 60. >> i just asked for the wheelchair. but i say at the same time, it's out. it's out. i take my panty out and he dropped to the floor. >> reporter: surveillance cameras catching it all. s on the floor. her husband at her feet. a nurse walking in. >> i was running because i didn't want to be late for my job. >> reporter: he was right on time. he saw susanna on the ground and quickly came to her aid. within minutes, the baby was out. >> i have her in my hands. i noticed that the baby was umbilical cord around the neck. so i had to maneuver the baby. >> reporter: he says the baby didn't cry at first, and that's the only time he got nervous. >> i started cleaning the eyes

and the mouth and a little bit. and then a little, you know, the butt so that, hey, come on. so baby start crying. and it was happy. >> reporter: that is the story of diana's dramatic entrance into the world. mommy and baby are fine. for now, will rest in a hospital room. >> well, that's one way to say hello. thank you from our affiliate wsvn. from the top of the tennis world to retiring from the game altogether, the woman who won the most prestigious tournament in all of tennis, wimbledon, just a month ago announces she is leaving the game in an incredibly emotional news conference. >> this is never easy. obviously there is never a time to say. >> why the 28-year-old tennis champion is retiring from the sport she loves. [%

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retire. thank you. and to call it a career. you know, i it shall i feel it's time for me to walk away, actually. >> oh, you can't help but not feel for her. she says she has been in pain on the court. her body, she says, just won't allow her to play. her retirement, though, absolutely shocked tennis fans around the world and cnn international sports anchor don radell joins me here in the studio. my goodness. taking deep sighs. wiping tears. you feel for her. she is 28. >> what a contrast from when she won wimbledon. weeks ago she was just so happy, so energized and so popular. she's so likable, too. it really is just an incredible shock. >> so what are her injuries? >> she has been struggling with hamstring problems since she won wimbledon six week ago. she revealed also she'd been suffering from pain in her achilles ankle. her shoulder. her hips and lower back. she's basically talking about

her whole body. and she's saying now that in hindsight she was playing through all of that pain to get to the wimbledon title. but now clearly she's struggling for motivation and she's made this shocked decision which i can tell you is taking everybody by surprise. on the day she made this announcement even her agent was telling journalists they're negotiating two or three more sponsorships, how her marketability has increased, lots of tournaments want her to come and play. clearly they weren't expecting this. it sounds like perhaps behind the scenes she's been thinking it's time for some time. >> i just -- it's incredible how young these people start playing, right? by 28 your aches and your pains are really that pronounced. do you think, though, fast forward a couple of years. do you think perhaps she may regret? we can't speak for her. just the idea of calling it quits at 28. >> maybe not even a couple of years. maybe by wimbledon next year she'll be regretting it a bit. when you return to wimbledon as the defending champion they roll out the red carpet for you. it's a really, really special

experience. whether or not you're able to defend your title successfully or not it's a great experience. she's not even going to get to do that. she may well regret this. you know what? she's a really, really bright person. >> she knows the next number in the sequence? she sounds like quite the character. >> if you ask her that in an interview she'll laugh and say that's easy. she's a great character. the game will really, really miss her. she's so easy to like. >> hopefully she finds another passion, then. >> she says there's so much she could do that doesn't involve tennis. she talked about getting married, being a wife and a mother. she's smart. she won't be short of things to do. >> don, thank you. >> all right. coming up next, a unique perspective on what we've been watching unfold on the crisis in egypt. you will hear from a man who grew up there, even attended one of the churches that burned yesterday. he is in studio and he'll talk to me about what he wants from president obama and from what will be the next government of egypt. plus, we are just getting

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we are near the bottom of the hour. i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me here on this thursday. the u.s. state department has a warning that may seem all too obvious for anyone who's been watching cnn at any point in time this week. advising americans to postpone travel. if you want to go to the pyramids, anywhere in egypt, think twice about it. they're advising the ones who are there to leave. we have all seen the tragedy of that nation descending into chaos. we started out talking about the protest. now it looks like we're watching the start of a revolution. hundreds have been killed. north of 500 people, thousands wounded. and really there is this feeling of helplessness as the events continue to spiral out of control. cnn's jake tapper, anchor of "the lead" joining me from washington. michael youssef here in studio who was born and raised in egypt. is the founder and president of leading the way, a worldwide ministry.

welcome to both of you. mr. youssef, let me begin with you. this is home. >> yes. >> this is home. watching the blood running down the streets, hearing the numbers increase of those killed, the churches burn, including the one you attended. >> as a child, yes. >> so how tough is that to watch? >> it's very painful. it really is painful. i'm an american. i've been an american for many years. and america is my home. and, therefore, america comes first to me. not the political factions of egypt. and it is not in america's interest to begin with to side with the muslim brotherhood. we not only sided with them, we supported them. give them some extra $400 million kerry found somewhere. that money never gets to the egyptian people. it gets slip up at the top echelon of the muslim brotherhood. in 12 months they brought 3,000 afghani and libyan terrorists

and housed them in sinai under the leadership of osama bin laden's former doctor. they brought arms by the ton from libya and turkey. and these people who were so peaceful protesters, they were armed to the teeth when they finally broke the barricade, went in there, they found so much arm it's like a country inside a country. >> we're hearing all these different accounts. it is sort of difficult to short through and find the truth in all of this. let me say that. i'm going to come back to you in a minute. jack tapper, to you, big news today. we heard from president obama as martha's vineyard. he's away. he addresses egypt specifically. do you think this was something he had to do at this point. >> i think so. especially after the smoke cleared as one senior administration official put it to me. and the true extent of the violence was known yesterday, brooke, as you know. you and i were both reporting of body counts along 150. and then now we know it's more than 500. that's just the official count. who knows if it's even more than

that as many people, many skeptics, suspect. the decision was made last night, i'm told by a senior white house official, to suspend this joint u.s./egyptian military operation. the obama administration started talking about suspending this operation in june, after the coup or whatever you want to call it. when morsi was removed from power. and what the obama administration did was just hold off on delivering four f-16 fighter planes at the time. suspended that delivery. but now after having warned the egyptian military, the government there, not to try to clear the squares as they did and having not been listened to, the obama administration decided to take this next step. but the step after that, brooke, that's the big one. $1.5 billion in aid. would the obama administration actually take that step? i think that's a much tougher question. >> also, though, jake, when you look at the money that's also

coming in from other countries, the 1.5 billion, 1.3 billion, whatever approximately the number is, sort of seems like small potatoes. i'm just wondering if in talking to ivan watson and general spider marks earlier on my show, you know, whether or not egypt cares if that were to be off the table. how much is egypt right now listening to washington? >> i don't know how much egypt is listening to washington. apparently not enough for the white house's purposes. but keep in mind it's not just $1.5 billion as a monetary figure. most of that is in direct military aid. in other words, the money goes to the treasury. it's put into an account. and then that money is spent on fighter planes and other military hardware that the egyptian army, the egyptian air force, want and need. so it's not just cash that their leaders can use however they see fit. it's not just economic aid, which is also part of it. but most of the money is spent

here in the u.s. on these munitions and these tanks and these planes that the egyptian army feels like they need for their security. and, of course, sometimes that security, as we see, is against their own people. but it's an important point to make, brooke. because it's not just the monetary value. the united states obviously a leading -- or the leading manufacturer of weapons in this world. and tanks and planes. and, therefore, it's what that money is spent on. >> mm-hmm. jake, we'll see you at the top of the hour on "the lead." mr. youssef, my final question to you, as a man of religion, it's been interesting looking at the numbers. when you look at the populous of egypt you see approximately 90% muslim, 10% coptic christian. yet both from what i've read, at least, want this secular government. is that attainable? >> it is attainable. and this is the problem. it's not a matter of they are not listening to washington. is washington listening to the egyptian people?

33 million people took to the streets. never in human history have we ever heard of this. 33 million people. they said, we do not want an islamic government. there was no gas. no electricity. >> looking ahead, again, is that possible? >> it is possible. only if the united states and this administration take their hands off. forget about the $1.5 billion. i think they can do without. putin is now going to egypt. he's going to give them all the arms they want. see, we could lose the entire middle east just simply because we're not listening to the people. we're listening to a small segment of the people. not the 33 million. but to the 200,000 protesters who were armed protesters. do you know who the first people were killed in that whole thing? i'm telling you, because i'm interested in the truth. >> were you there? >> 100 officers who are all muslims or mostly muslims. this is muslim against muslim. not a matter of a christian/muslim. >> you say u.s. hands off. >> it's sad to see the lovely

police guys get killed by their fellow muslims. >> michael youssef, thank you very much. >> thank you, brooke. just into us here at cnn, i mentioned before the break an ak tres from "that '70s show" has died. lisa robin kelly played lori on the popular sitcom. her representative told cnn that kelly died yesterday and that she had voluntarily checked herself into a treatment facility early this week. kelly had been battling addiction problems the last couple of years. the cause of her death has not been released. lisa robin kelly was 43 years old. coming up, she spent nearly two years in a coma, is paralyzed from the waist down, and confined to a wheelchair. victoria arland overcame the odds. she is now a world class swimmer hoping to compete in the paralympic championships. but the ruling committee is basically telling her she can't compete because she is not permanently disabled. we're going to look into her story, next.

all right. a lot of people talking about this one. the american paralympic gold medalist swimmer who is now banned from competing in this week's montreal games. the international paralympic committee told victoria arlen that her disability may not be permanent. therefore, they deemed her ineligible to compete in the world championship games. arlen was paralyzed from the waist down seven years ago because of a neurological disorder to her spine. but she is one of the most dominating figures in her sport. a world record setting swimmer. arlen says she is heartbroken that she is being -- this is her words -- penalized for having hope that she'll one day walk again. we have to talk about this with former prosecutor monica lindstrom, legal analyst at avo.kom. lisa blum, ladies, let me just first read this ipc statement. quote, the medical report has been reviewed by five

independent medical experts. all are in agreement that the report, its assessment and its diagnosis fail to provide sufficient evidence of an eligible impairment leading to permanent or verifiable activity limitation. i know this sounds kind of wonky. which is required under the ipc swimming classification rules and regulations. okay. bottom line. monica, what do you make of this? how does she fight to swim? how does she fight to compete? >> i think about the only thing she can do at this point is either fight to make changes in the rules to happen in the future, or maybe try to discredit her history, her medical history. because the rules state something to the effect it must be a permanent disability. and apparently in her history, it said that there might be a hope that she could walk in the future. unfortunately, it could be that a doctor was just trying to be very optimistic and give her hope. but that one line, if that's all it is, just really shut her down

and does not allow her to compete. it's unfortunate, but if that's what the rules say, then they should look for a way to maybe change the rules for the future. >> i feel like, lisa, this sounds like the case from last hour where you were saying the law is the law. it may be tough but it's the law of the land. again, rules are rules. >> right. well, and look, you have to respect that the paralympics needs to make rules about who is disabled and who is not. you don't want somebody who's a completely able-bodied person competing against disabled people. there are so many different degrees of disability. but if i were representing her, i might argue that her condition is permanent anyway. the rule doesn't say 100% permanent. the word "permanent" might allow a little leeway for some glimmer of hope in the future. doctors never like to say anything is 100% or 0%. the fact they're leaving open a little bit of possibility in the future shouldn't bar her from participating. >> okay. maybe there's hope after all for her to compete. monica lindstrom, lisa blum, thank you, ladies, both very much for joining me today.

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four months ago, 8-year-old martin richard was killed when those two bombs were detonated near the finish line of the boston marathon. martin lost his life. his little sister, jane, lost her leg. and today the richard family shared a picture of jane and her new prosthetic leg. here she is. the family also released this statement. love that she's smiling there. quote, jane continues to be an incredible source of inspiration and exhaustion. the loss of her leg has not slowed her one bit or deterred her in any way.

it goes on, an hour doesn't go by that we don't feel the agony of martin's death and the senseless way it came about. the pain is constant. and even the sweetest moments can become heartbreaking when we are struck by the realization that martin would have loved this. from the richard family. they also thank strangers for all their kindness for their family. by the way, in boston, the forum restaurant, front and center that day. the second bomb went off right outside. the restaurant surveillance video was actually used to help identify the boston bombers. and now the forum is about to reopen. this is the last business on boyleston street to reopen after such a tragedy. cnn's zain asher is reporting on this one for us today. thank goodness it's -- you know, everybody is boston strong. going back to business there on boyleston. it's not opening to everyone just yet. is that right? >> exactly. today is pretty much going to be

a private event. what you've got happening is a ribbon cutting ceremony. the mayor of boston showing up along with several marathon runners from that day. this really is as you mentioned, brooke, the last piece of the puzzle in terms of boyleston street getting back to normal. they've taken the longest to reopen because they sustained the most damage. as you mentioned, the second bomb exploded right outside the entrance. so the past four months have really been about construction and emotional healing. we did speak with the general manager, chris loper, who gave us a tour. take a listen. >> this is where the -- most of the significant changes were made. the biggest thing for me was trying to make sure that our staff was okay emotionally. and to an extent, try to help out financially by finding them other things to do while we were closed. we did all new carpet. new light fixtures. new wallpaper. i can't wait to stand there with my fellow staff members and welcome all the guests back in.

it's going to be -- it'll be an emotional night, but it'll be an exciting night, too. >> and i do also want to mention they have made some major changes to the restaurant. everything from a new layout, new lights, new wallpaper. that's because they didn't want people to sort of come in and be reminded of that day. they wanted something completely different. so it's all about moving on. brooke? >> zain asher, thank you very much. coming up, a popular wwe wrestler makes an impromptu announcement. one that has drawn some reaction from folks all around the world. that's next.

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wwe darren young says look at me. he became the first professional wrestler to come out. nick valencia has been following this for us. how did this whole thing come out to begin with? >> darren young flew to los angeles for an event coming up, called summer slam on the 18th. he was in lax, at which point a tmz cameraman caught up with him and asked do you think a gay

wrestler could be successful in the wwe? >> just happens to ask this question? >> he didn't know. he was caught off guard when darren young said, as a matter of fact, i am gay and i'm very happy. he says does this change the opinion you have of me, rhetorically asking and the cameraman said thank you for sharing something so beautiful with me and personal. a lot of people said this is the first professional wrestler in the wwe coming out. big news. >> reaction? >> it's been varied. the wwe came out immediately after darren young did this. they said in part the wwe is is proud of darren young for being open about his sexuality and we will continue to support him as a wwe superstar. but there are others who say why announce your sexuality? i think the litmus test will be

when he comes out and wrestles at super slam to see how he's received. that will be the test of the reaction. >> question for you. what do you get when you cross a teddy bear and a house cat? this is how some scientists are describing this new species just discovered. chad myers will explain and we'll show it to you next. i'm only in my 60's... i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan.

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need to talk to alexa. the dow is down. why? >> you are seeing the dow post its fifth biggest decline of the year. you're seeing investors reacting to disappointing reportings from cisco systems and walmart, both giving earnings reports, calling into question the strength of the economy and how the economy is going to affect their business in the long run. also, a weak regional manufacturing report piling on and worries about when the fed is going to pull back on its stimulus. you roll that together and you get the fourth biggest loss for the dow for the year. brooke? >> allison, thank you. as we await that ring on wall street, to the story you've been waiting for. just when you thought there was nothing left to discover, scientists say they have found a new mammal. it's called an olinguito. the smithsonian says it looks

like the cross between a house cat and teddy bear. i'll let you be the judge of that. >> my wife already wants one. >> oh, no. you're like, "honey, it lives in the wild." >> honey, it could be very dangerous. >> where did it come from? >> it comes from the cloud up in the andes. really the sun never comes out, it's always cloudy there. the only problem is they found it in 1969, it went to the louisville zoo, it went to the national zoo, it went to the bronx zoo and no one ever realized that it was an amazing new species until now. dna sequencing has finally said this is not the olingo, it's the olinguito! it's a brand new species, subspecies, and we've never realized it. it was right under our nose the entire time. the scientists went back into the forest and found them en

masse. there's a bunch of them. >> this is all kind of anticlimactic. >> this is what you can find with science. dna sequence it and it might not be what you expect. >> if i go to the cloud forest, can i find one of these? >> they're all over the place. they are not hunted, they are everywhere. but they're kind of a smaller version of a bigger animal about -- it looks a lot the same. but the head is different and they know that this is the olinguito. it's the small one. it's about a foot and a half to two feet long and only weighs 2 pounds. >> two pounds? so cute. >> how could it do any damage in your house? >> how did we just realize this? >> the gene sequencing. they're cross referencing everything now. >> who knows what's been under our noses for this whole time. it is cute.

olinguito. you got that? chad myers, thank you. that's what we're ending on. i'm brooke baldwin. thanks so much for being with me here. i'll be back tomorrow. meantime, let's take you to washington. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >> should the u.s. keep supporting an egyptian government that just killed hundreds of its own people? i'm jake tapper this is "the lead." >> the markets taking a nosedive today. why the world's largest retailer has to accept part of the blame. the world lead. president obama today announcing the u.s. is cancelling joint military exercises with egyptian forces after the egyptian government killed hundreds of people in clashes in the street. but usa to egypt, $1.5 billion, that's still flowing. and the national lead, new jersey governor chris christie has a medical marijuana bill on his